Posted on Mar 23, 2016
Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"
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We hear about how all these Vets are triple dipping, but I don't think people are educated on how hard it actually is to do this, and how very small of a percentage of people can qualify to do this.
You have to meet all of these requirements: Serve over 20 years, receive a 50% or more VA Rating, be deemed unemployable or 100% disabled by the VA, AND qualify for SSI benefits.
You have to meet all of these requirements: Serve over 20 years, receive a 50% or more VA Rating, be deemed unemployable or 100% disabled by the VA, AND qualify for SSI benefits.
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Posted 8 y ago
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If you are against this, I'm sorry you worked in an office for 20 years and can't get a rating for your paper cut! Those that I know that are 100% are hurting and truly deserve every penny they get!
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I am a double dipper. I fully retired and received a VA rating of 80%. Mostly due to an electrocution in the sandbox in 2008. I completely loss feeling in my right arm. As an electronics tech is pretty difficult to use small tools that you cannot feel. I have had to completely change my skillset off of what I had honed for 20 years.
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This isn't triple dipping. Each are separate. A VA rating has no bearing on time in service or Social Security benifit decision nor does a Social Security decision hold weight on a VA decision. You can legally have all three or any variation of the three.
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Please do not post your disabilities or ratings. No one here cares except for lil ol you.
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I have all three. Tbi, managed to get my 20 while recovering from tbi, and as I as I can't pass a drug test to be employed.
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I get get retirement check, va disability check and few years a dod retirment check but i put in over 30 years
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I seen generals retire get 100% retirement pay, 100 disability, and. Work for a companies that pay 1000 dollars a day for consult fee
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If dick Cheney can make 40 billion, we can get what we can with no guilty feeling afterwards. We are the other 1% people forget about. #geturchecks
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